Typewriting machine



Nov. 30 1926. l

C. M. CREWS TYPEWRITING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Dec. 14 1923 Nov. 30 1926.

. c. M. cREws TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Deo. 14. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 30, 1926.

[.llxllTEl) STATES CLARENCE M. CREVFS, OF BROGKLYN, NEW YORK,

TYPEL'WRTNG ACI-IN E.

Application filed' 1&-ecember 14, 1923. Serial No. 680,697,

This invention relates to moans in a type- Writing machine for' producing a condensed record ot' a successionI ot typed bills or other documents. More particularly, it relates to condensed record mechanism a continuous billing machine, the condensed record being produced by the omissionv from the record.` web of the items Written. in the headings or the bills which are not required. onv the recg ord, and by causing the items Written in the bodies ot" successive bills to, fellow eachV other closely on the record-Web. Without'l'ong intervening blank spaces corresponding to the heading spaces.

The continuous billing machine. usiially includes. a carbon-carrier movable along a carriage-extension toward and from the platen. A succession oit bills with related duplicate forms, printed upon the plies of a continuous lallioldweb7 or upon super-posed separate web-plies,l is introduced into the continuous billing machine at the rear and led forward through the carbon-carrier to be interleaved. with the carbons thereot', The web with the interleaved carbone passes tor- Ward around the revoluble platen, which is.

displaceable to permit straightening of the Webs and'. carbol s,. so that the carbone may be Withdrawn from the forms. ot a. typedA web-section and interleaved' with the next succeeding section by pushing the carboncarrier to the rear. lt is frequently desirable to keep, a composite record ci' the bills written, tor which purpose a continuous record-web is provided to run between the .ilatenand the multiple-ply Work-Web to receive impressions through the innermost carbon held by the carben-carrier- The bills generally have long printed display headings,. and ordinarily receive only a tow typed items in their headings which it is unnecessary to reproduce on the record- Web, or for which a name or number ina protruding margin ol the record-Web might well be substituted., ln some cases, toot. no typing is done on the heading, the naine and ad'l-ress ot the customer being stenciled there byl means ot a stenciling machine..

ln accordance with the present intention. the items Written in. the heading portion oft each: bill, er so. much thereof as` are not Wanted on the record-Web, arel caused to be omitted from the record-web by making the carbcn-sheet (carried. by the carbon-carrier o-t the machine) tor printing ontlie record,-

ing typed or While the platenv isbeing ro.-

tated to advance thev bill-Web from Webfsevering position. to position for the Writing' of items in the body ot a bill,. and this Would Cause gaps to appear on. thel record- Web corresponding to the spaces. occupied by the headings of the bills if; provision were not made to avoid this result. In order that the body-portions of' the bills ree produced on the record-Web may be Writtenclose to: each other'7 provision is made oli means for shitting the reeord-web backward relative-ly to the bill-Web a distance. roughly equal to the length ot the billheading after the completion of each. bill. Such. means may comprise feed-rolls tor they record-Web. mounted on the carriage-extension ezt the meel-infieY above the path of the carbon-carrier,. a pinion on one of' thel rolls, and. a rack on the carbon-carrier handle to. pick. the pinion. up and drive it in the course' otthe rearward movement oil2 said handle, The: record-Web is. thus automatically collated.

.with reference. to the bill-Web Without any attention from the operatorM In accordance with one. feature of the. invention, the rack may be adi-ustably mounted on the carbon-carrier handle to causev it to engage the pinion early or late in its travel, and thereby impart to: the record- Web the exact amount ort lnicllzvvard.` 'leed-ing required', according toY the needs of the particular Work. A uniform adjustment oit the rack is required. for all the forms of a given style, and. hence I-eadJuStment of the racl;v is seldom necessary.

It is` an important teatri-re` ot the invenr tion that they gearing for driving the recordweb4 feed-rolls is: so` designed that the peripheral speed of the rolls is exactly the same asthe speed at which. ther carbon-carrier is moved. As a result of this arrangement, the condensed record-Web is retracted: by the rolls. in unison with the earbons,x and is yielded up bythe rolls at the s-ame rate at which the bill-Web and carbons are4 drawni-orWard by the platen; at the lowering of the platen and in that portionoi" the Writing operation. durinfr which the pinion and rack are in mesh.

A feature oi the invention consists in the combination with the record-web feed-rolls ont side guides at the rear o'r the carriageeXtension for co-operation with the 'toedrolls to guide the record-web to the platen and to control the record-web when the platen is displaced. rlhe web is detained and controlled against accidental displacement in line-feed direction by the rolls and against slewing or sidewise displacement, the side guides contributing to the latter result. 1t will be understood, however, that the control against line-feeding` is yielding, and that the operator can, it he so desires, draw the record-web forward or backward while the rack and pinion are disengaged, without att'ecting the bill-web or the carbons.

Other Yfeatures and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation, showing the worl; in writing` position with the writing line near the bottom ot the body of a bill.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, but showing the platen displaced, the worl: drawn forward for gaging, and the carboncarrier retracted.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section on the line 3 8 of Figure 1,.looling in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4L is a vertical transverse section on the line 1v1-lot Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the bill-web and record-web side by side, and showing how the items written in the bodies of the three successive bills appear on the condensed record-web.

In the continuous billing machine, which may be of the type disclosed in the patent to VVernery & Smith, No. 1,182,055, granted llarch 1G, 1915, types 10 swing upwardly and rearwardly to strike against the front of a revoluble platen 11, journaled by its axle 12 in a swing-trame 18 mounted in a traveling carriage 14. A multiple-ply billweb 19 is introduced into the machine over a rear bar 15 of a carriage-extension 16, coinprising rails 17 on which a carbon-carrier 18 is reciprocable toward and from the platen. The bill-web 19 is interleaved with the carbons 2O carried by the carbon-carrier 18, and passes forward with them around the platen 11, and upward over a front paper-table 21 forming part ot the swingt'rame 13. At line-spacing, the carbon-carrier 18 advances with the bill-web 19 toward the platen 11, and, when a bill il. has been completely typed, the swing-:trame 1? is rotated about its axis 22 to raise the platen and thus permit straightening of the webs, so that they may be drawn toi-ward to a @age 28 and the Carbons may be ret `acted by thrusting the carbon-carrier handle 211 backward to move the carbon-carrier 18 to the lll'.

For the purpose ot providing` a composite record of the bills, a continuous record-web 25 separate from the multiple-ply bill-web 19 is introduced into the machine from the rear and passed around the platen in back otl the bill-web and in position to receive iinpressions from the innermost carbon 2G carried by the carbon-carrier 18. At the delivery side of the platen the record-web is directed to the rear et' the 'liront paper-'table 21, so that it is not drawn forward to the gage 28 with the bill-web 19 but remains sta-- tionary during this operation. Neither is i torn oit' with the bill-web when the latter drawn against the knife 27 atter gag-ino.

.in accordance with the present invention, the innermost carbon 26 ot the carbon-carrier 18, which prints upon the record-web 25, is made shorter than the other cai-bons 2() by substantially the length ot the heading portion ot a bill. ln the fully retracted position ot the carbon-carrier 18, therefore, and when the bill-web is drawn tow-:ard to the gage, the leading ecge ot the carbon 2G extends to the line ot division between the heading B, and body B2 of the second bill B on the web 19. By thus arranging the carbon 26, the items sul sequently written in the `headingl B, of the bill B (if any are written there) are caused to be oniited from the record-web. r1`he record-web 25, however, is line-ted with the bill-web 19 while the headingl l, is being typed or while the platen .is being turned to advance the bill l from severing aositicn to position for Atyping its body-portion, and hence the natural re suit of omitting the heading items i'roin the record -web 25 would be to cause gaps correspondino' in length to the bill headings to appear on the rccortrweb. rllo avoid these useless gaps, provision is made olf means lio-r retracting the record-web 25 a predetcr mined uniform distance at the conclusion of each bill, so to cause the first item o'iY a bill reproduced on the record-web to lie a definite short distance below the last item ot the previous bill appearing thereon. 'ifo this end, provision is made of record-web feed-rolls and 29 mounted upon bruikets $30 and 31 on the carriage-extension 1for feeding the record-web to the rear the carbon-carrier 18 is retracted. The upper roll 2i) has its axle 232 journal d in arinfl tast on a roch-hatt lf-lf, journa ed in thi` brackets 8O and 31, and is yieldingly pressed into engagement with the lower roll 28 by a torsion spring encircling the rock-shaft and having its opposite ends 3G and 3"? engaged, respectively, with one Oli the arms 38 and with a stop 238 on the bracket- 80. A lingerpiece 39 tast to the rock-shaft 3e may be operated to swing the upper roll 29 away from the lower roll 28 to permit the introduction of the record-web,- 2'5; between the rolls.. The lower roll 28 is fast upon its. shaft 40, which also hasa pinion 41 ot" the same effective diameter as the roll 28 fast upon it. This pinion 41 is located in posi tion to. be engaged and rotated by a rack 42,. secured upon the carbon-carrier handle 24,. in the course of the rearward movement thereof,` to rotate the rolls 28v and 29. in a direction to retract the record-web L The rack 42' is secured upon the carbon-carrier handle 24 by screws 48, which are threaded into openings 44 in the carbon-carrier handle 24. lt is important that the amount of rotationimparted to the record-webr -ieedrolls 28 and 291 be adjusted in accordance with the length of the bill heading. Acs cordingly, a multiplicity of threadedopenings 44 is provided in the carbon-carrier handle 24 to permit a wide range of adj-ustv ment oi the rack 42 on the handle 24, so that the rack may be caused to picl the pinion up earl'yor late in its rearward movement to i rotate the rolls. The pinion teeth may adi-- vantageously be arranged at line-.space in tei-vals, since the disposition or" the pinion teeth for engagement with the racl' will thus be kept uniform regardless of the exten-t of the line-feeding effected while the rack and pinion are disengaged.

' The carbon-carrier 1S is apt to be rather loose on the rails 17, and hence to permit vertical play of the carbon-carrier handle 24 and so cause the meshing of the rack 42 and pinion 41 to be more or less haphazard. To guard against this, provisionies made of* an angle bar 45, having a vertical portion- 46' secured to the carbon-carrier handl'e24, and a horizontal flange 47 which passes snugly between guide-rolls 48 on the bracket 30- to steady the carbonlearrier handle. rlhe angle bar serves the further function of stiften-- ing the carbon-carrier handle 24 so as to prevent side` sway thereof.

As here-in shown, the condensed recordweb 25 is substantially wider than the billweb 19 (see Figures 3, 4 and 5), the purpose being to provide a protruding' rig-ht margin of the record-web 25 which identifying data may be written, iii' necessary, in lieu of the omitted heading items. Side guides 49 and 50 are provided on the rear bar 15 for the wide record-web 25, these guides having horizontally-eXtendin-g lingers 51 to o-verlie the margins oi'.2 the record-webA and hold it down. to the guides. There is also. provided on Vthe bar 15, between` the side 0uides 49 and 50 a side guide 520i less height vfor the right edge of the narrow billweb` 19, and this: guide 52 is also. provided' with a horizontally-extending ting-er 5B; to

hold the web down to the short guide 52..

The rear side guides. 49 and 510 for the record-Web 25, acti-ng in conjunction with the record-web.: ieedrolls 218z and 22, serve eiecs Dually to guard against shearing or Other misplaacement of; the record-web while the platen 151 displaced.

At the conclusion of typing a bill, the platen is; displaced, and this. creates; a slack in. they bill and record webs (see Figure 2.). The bill-web 19 is drawn lorward to the` gage.y 2B, thus locating. the leading edge the second bill B on the web 19y in registerwith the edge or the knife 2., rLhe cer-hon carrier 18 is then moved to the rear to re# tract the car-bons. This; locates the lead-v ing ends. of the long car-bons 20.y a short diss tance to the rear of the edge of the knife 27, and of the. line of division between the irst; and second bill forms A. and B on. the web 19, and locates the leading edge or? the short carbon 26 coincident with the line oit' division between the heading B, and the body B24 of the second hill Bs on the web.` 19.` At the saine operation, due to the adjustment of the rack 42 on the carbon,-carrier', the pinion 41 is picked up. by the rack atV such a stage that the record-web 2.5. is..v rer t-racted. to locate the last item typed thereon substantially two. line-spaces in advance of the body B2 of the second bill. The .extent of this retraction should be equal te the amount of the slack in the reeordweb,l plus the length of the bill heading, minus the distance from the knife edge to the line of' writing, minus the two line-spaces or other interval desired to be left on the reeo-rd-web between the items of successive bills. Since all of these distances are unvarying for al given machin-e and a give-n style of bill, no readjustm-ent or the rack is; ordi-- narily required. Should ift. be desired to provide an exceptionally long spaceI on the record-web. between the items; of two of the bills,4 this may obviously be, done by rotating the platen forward prior to its displace ment, or by drawing the record-web. forward while the rack and pinion are disen gaged' and the platen is displaced.

rlhe normal operation is; illustrated diagrammatically in Figure 2, in which the point a indicates the position occupied by the first line of" a bill reproduced on the record-webA pri-or to the retraction of the carbon-carrier, the record-webbeing in a slack condition as indicated in dot-anddash lines', and point a" indicates the retracted position of such a line, the slack. having been taken out of the web. dicates the retracted position of the last line of writing of the completed bill, and the point c indicates the position on the recordweb which will bev occupied by the next liniethat will appear on the record-web; viz, the first item written inthe body Bf, of forni B.

When bill-forms. at' a different length are to be used, the gage 23 and the stop 54 for limiting retraction of theV carbon-carrier 18 The poi-nt b in.- Y

are adjusted accordingly. The latter adjustment changes also the distance that the rack 42 travels in engagement with the pinion il, and hence the rack will ordinarily require readjustment also regardless of whether the length of heading is the same or different.

At Figure 5 a stretch ot the bill-web showing the way the typed items appear upon three successive bills A, B and C, is shown alongside a stretch of the record-web showl ing reproduction of the same bills thereon. The names 'l. Brown, I Smith and It Jones are symbolical of the addresses or other heading items of the bills A, B and C, respectively. These, it will be noticed, are omitted from the record-web, while the items indicated by X X X in the body ot bill A are reproduced on the record-web and are followed with an'interval of about two linespaces by the items O O O, reproduced from the body of bill B, and these, in turn, are followed after a two-line-space interval by thefitems of bill C. The names 'l. Brown, .I. Smith and lt Jones, appearing in the right margin ot the recordweb, symbolize identifying data ot the bills A, B and C, respectively, whcih may be typed on the protruding` margin of the record-web in lieu of the heading items.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions ot the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. In a machine tor collating and typing; upon a bill-web and a record-web w carbons interleaved between the web-plies, in combination, a revoluble platen, means to shiit the interleaved carbons relatively to the webs, means to locate the bill-web in a new writing position with reference to the platen between the typing oit bills, and rceollating means for imparting to the recordweb a movement of mechanically predetermined extent relatively to the bill-web to locate the record-web in a new predetermined relation to the platen and to the billweb.

2. In a typewritinp,l machine, in combination, a revoluble platen, writing` instrumentalities to write upon a bill-web and to malte impressions simultaneously upon a recordweb by means of carbons interleaved with the web-plies, work-feeding means (to-operating with the platen, means to tree the record-web trom the platen and feeding; means to permit rcadjustm nt or the recordweb` relatively to the bill-web1 means 'to eiteet relative shifting' between the web-plies and interleaved earbons, and means operable to retract the record-web while it is iti-ee of the platen and the work-feeding means, said record-web retracting means being constructed to automatically control the eX- tent 4oi said retraction.

neoaoee 3. In a continuous billing,` typewriting machine for typing upon a. succession ot' bills and at the same time typing,l upon a record-web a composite record ot items typed on the billsI in combination, a revoluble platen displaccable to 'free the webs. a carbon-carrier reciproeable toward and trom the platen, means for gaging the billweb at the conclusion ot each bill, means ior retracting` the carbon-carrier to shift the carb-ons relatively to the work, and automatically acting` collatinzg` means 'or shitting` the record-web into predetermined relation to the gagcd bill-web without attention 'from the operator.

4. In a continuous billing typewritingl machine for typing` upon a succession 'et bills and at the same time typing upon a record-web a composite record ot items typed on the bills, in combination, a revoluble platen displaceable to tree the webs, a carbon-ca'rier reciproeable toward and from the pla-ten, means for gaging the billweb at the conclusion o1c each bill, means for reti-acting' the carbon-carrier to shift the carbons relatively to the work, and means automatically actuated by the retraction ot the carbon-carrier for collating` the record-web with reference to the bill-web.

5. In a continuous billing typcwritingl machine tor typing upon a succession ot bills and at the same time typing upon a record-web a composite record of items typed on the bills1 in combination, a revo- .luble platen displaceable to i'ree the webs, a carbon-carrier reciproeable toward and from the platen, means for ga-ging the billweb at the conclusion of each bill, means for reti-acting the carbon-carrier to shift the cai-bons relatively to the work, and means actuated and controlled by the carbon-carrier for shittin the work-webs in the machine.

In combination, a displaceable revoluble typewriter platen, a carbon-carrier reciprocable toward and from the platen, long` carbons on the carbon-carrier for writing upon the plies et the bill-web, a carbon on the carbon-carrier too short to reproduce on the record web the matter typed in the headings ot' the bill-web, a gage to which the bill-web is advanced to locate the typed iii-st form in position for severing, a knife Vtor severing` the typed bill-web section, means iter retractinp,l the carbons a form length relativ-ely to the bill-web, and positive means tor retractingT the record-web at the same time to a predetermined extent.

7. In conibination, a displaccable revolnblc typewriter platen, a leading-edgegage 'for the bill-forms, a carbon-carrier reciprocable toward and from the platen having full carbons for the bill-web and a short carbon or the record-web, and positive means for retracting the record-web relatively to the bill-web while the platen is displaced.

8. In :a continuous billing typewriting :machine for typing upon 'a succession oit bills and at the same time typing upon a record-web a composite record of items typed on the bills, in combination, a revoluble platen displaceablc to free the webs, a carbon-carrier reciprocable toward and from the platen, means for gagging; the billweb :at the conclusion oi each bill, means for retracting the carbon-carrier to shift the carbons relatively to the work, recordweb feed-rolls for feeding the record-web backward, and operatingl connections between thecarbon-carrier and said feed-rolls to cause the feed-rolls 'to be ted backward automatically atthe retraction of the carbon-carrier. Y

9. In a continuous billing typewriting machine for typing upon asuccession ot bills and at the same time typing,` upon a recordweb a composite record oit items typed on the bills, in combination, a revoluble platen displaceabl-e to free the webs, a carbon-carrier recipro'cable toward and from the platen, means for gagging the bill-web at the conclusion of each bill,'means for reti-acting the carbon-carrier to shift the carbons relatively to the work, record-web feed-rolls for feeding:r the record-web backward, operating connections between the carbon-carrier and sai-d feed-rolls, effective automatically at a predetermined stage in the retraction of the carbon-carrier to impart a measured backward feeding to the record-web, and means for adj Listing said connections to vary the stage at which they become effect-ive.

l0. In a. continuous billingtypewriting machine for typing; upon a successi-on lof bills and at the same time typing upon a recordweb a composite record or" items typed on the bills, in combination, a revoluble platen displaceable to free the webs, a carbon-carrier reciprocabl'e toward and from the platen, means for gagging the bill-web at the conclusion of each bill. means for retracting;` the carbon-carrier to shift the carbone relatively to the work, record-web feed-rolls, a pinion fast to one of the rolls, and a rack on the carbon-carrier, said rack being movable into operative relation with the pinion in the course of the retraction of the carboncarrier to retract the record-web.

ll. In a continuous billing` typewriting` machine for typing upon a succession of bills and at the same time typing' upon a recordweb a composite record of items typed on the bills, in combination, a revoluble platen displaceable to free the webs, a carboncarrier reciprocable toward and from the platen, means for gaging the bill-web at the conclusion of each bill, means for retract-ing the carbon-carrier to shift the cai-bons relatively to the work, record-web feed-rolls, a

pinion fast to one of the rolls and of the same `effective diameter .as said roll, and a yrack Aon the carbon-carrier movable into operative relation with the pinion in the course of the retraction of the carbon-carrier to retract the record-web, the arrangement being such that the record-web is retracted at the same speed as the carbon-carrier.

l2. In a continuous billing typewriting; machine for typingl upon a succession oi bills and at the same time typing upon a record-web a composite record of items typed on the bills, in combination, a revoluble platen displaceable to free the webs, a carbon-carrier reciprocable toward and from the platen, means for gagging the bill-web at the conclusion of each bill, means 1for retr ctinp` the carbon-carrier to shift the carbons relatively to the work, record-web feed-rolls, a pinion fast to one of the rolls and of the same eniective diameter as said roll, the pinion teeth being arranged at lin'espace intervals, and a rack on the carboncarri'er movable into operative relation with the pinion in the course of the retraction of the carbon-car 1ier to retract the record-web, the arrangement being* snch that the recordweb is retracted by the feed-rolls at the same speed vrat which the lcarbon-carrier moves and is given up by the feed-rolls in unison with the advance of the Icarb'on-carrier, and such that the pinion is turned exactly a tooth-space at keach line-spacing of the platen after the rack has lett engagement with the pinion in the forward movement vof the carbon-carrier'.

13. In a continuous billing` typewriting achine for typing upon a succession of bills and at the same time typing upon a recordweb a composite record of items typed on the bills in combination, a 'revoluble platen displaceable to free the webs, a carbon-'carrier movable toward the platen at line-spacing` and having` a handle for retracting it when the webs are tree, means for gagging' the billweb at the conclusion ot each bill, recordweb feed-rolls for feeding the record-web backward during' retraction of the carboncarrier, a pinion fast to one of the feedrolls, a rack on the carboir-carrier handle to pick up the pinion and thereby rotate the feed-rolls, and means for securing' the rack in any one orn a n'iultiplicity of positions on the carbon-carrier handle to vary the eX- tent of the backward feeding of the recordweb.

14. In a continuons machine for typing upon a succession of bills and at the same time typing upon a recordweb a composite record et' items typed on the bills, in combination, a revoluble platen displaceable to tree'the webs, a carbon-carrier movable toward the platen at linespacing and having a handle 'tor retracting it when the webs are free, means for gaging billing typewriting fai) " `the bill-web at the conclusion of each bill,

record-Web feed-rolls for feeding the record- Web backward during retraction of the carbon-carrier, a pinion fast to one of the feedrolls, a rack on the carbon-carrier handle to pick up the pinion and thereby rotate the feed-rolls, the carbon-carrier handle having a multiplicity of threaded openings therein, and screws for co-operating with selected openings to secure the rack in selected positions on the carbon-carrier handle.

15. In a continuous billing typewriting machine for typing upon a succession of bills and at the same time typing upon a recordiveb a composite record of items typed on the bills, in combination, a revoluble platen displaceable to free the Webs, a carbon-carrier reciprocable toward and from the platen, means for gaging the bill-Web at the conclusion of each bill, means for retracting the carbon-carrier to shift the carbons relatively to the Work, record-Web feed-rolls, a pinion fast to one of the rolls, a rack on the carbon-carrier, said rack being movable into operative relation with the pinion in the course of the retraction of the carboncarrier to retract the record-Web, and a horizontal flange on the carbon-carrier handle to guide and support the rack in engagement with the pinion.

16. In a machine for manifolding upon a main bill-Web and at the same time typing upon a record-web a condensed record of items typed on the bills, in combination, a revoluble platen displaceable to free the Webs, releasable feeding means for pressing the bill-Web and record-Web against the platen, a carbon-carrier reciprocable to- Ward and from the platen, means for gaging the bill-Web at the conclusion of each bill, means for retracting the carbon-carrier to shift the carbons relatively to the Work, a feed-roll couple for retracting the record- Web, and side guides to engage the side edges of the record-Web and guide it to the desired field of the platen, the record-Web feed-roll couple and side guides co-operating to prevent skeiving or other accidental misplacement of the record-Web when said web is released by the displacement of the platen.

17. In a continuous billing typewriting machine for typing upon a succession of bills and at the same time typing upon a record- Web a composite record of items typed on the bills, in combination, a revoluble platen displaceable to free the Webs, a leading-edge gage to which the bill-web may be drawn Awhen freed by the displacement of the platen, a carbon-carrier advanccable toward the platen at line-spacing and retractable to shift the carbons relatively to the work-Webs, a stop to limit retraction of the carbon-carrier, mechanism operated by the carbon-carrier in the course of its retracting movement to shift the record-Web relatively to the bill-Web, the leading edge gage and the carbon-carrier stop being adjustable to accommodate the machine to bills of different lengths, and means for adjusting the record-ufeb-shifting mechanism to produce the desired extent of record-Web shifting regardless of the adjusted position of the carbon-carrier-retracting stop.

18. In a typeivriting machine, in combination, a displaeeable revoluble platen, a carbon-carrier reciprocable toward and from the platen, for use with long carbons on the carbon-carrier for writing upon the plies of the bill-Web and a relatively short carbon on the carbon-carrier which is of insufficient length to reproduce on the record-Web the matter typed in the headings of the bill-web, a gage to Which the bill-Web is advanced to locate the typed first form in position for severing, a knife for severing the typed bill- Web section, means for retraeting the carbons a form-length relatively to the bill-Web, and positive means for retracting the record- Web at the same time to a predetermined extent.

19. In a type/Writing machine, in combination, a displaceable revoluble platen, a leading-edge gage for the bill-forms, a carboncarrier reciprocable toward and from the platen for carrying full carbons for the bill- Web and also a short carbon for the recordiveb, and positive means for retracting the record-Web relatively to the bill-Web while the platen is displaced.

CLARENCE M. CREW/VS. 

